Recommended Sources

Business Retreats Australia

Are you hunting for a venue for an event, a workshop or a conference? As we all know, it can take simply ages to search the web, sift through results and find a venue most suitable for your needs. For almost 16 years now, every time we’ve needed to find that perfect space anywhere in Australia, we’ve made a call to Business Retreats Australia. Their venue finding service is free to use, and they guarantee a 24-hour response time. Friendly, professional and fast, they’ve always been a fantastic resource and time saver for us!

PANTHUR

PANTHUR is a Melbourne-based web hosting company, whose service and customer support have been, in our experience, head and shoulders above the rest. Responses to any help requests are fast, patient, professional, friendly – and easy to understand! :) We can highly recommend them.

Mad Mimi

If you’re in need of an email marketing or newsletter creation and distribution service, we highly recommend Mad Mimi! There are so many services on offer these days – some better known than others – that it can be very hard to choose between them. But for features, ease of use, comprehensive support documentation and outstanding customer service, we don’t think you’ll find any better than Mad Mimi!

rechellclaycreative

rechellclaycreative is a professional graphic design studio based in Melbourne, but delivering services Australia-wide. Rechelle has done some graphic design work for us. Not only were we delighted with the result, but we were also very impressed with her professionalism and the speed with which she delivered what we needed!

AI Practitioner

The AI Practitioner is an international journal devoted to the theory and practice of Appreciative Inquiry. At the AI Practitioner (AIP) website, you can download sample articles, see a full list of topics and articles, and purchase annual subscriptions or individual articles. An excellent resource!

St Luke’s Innovative Resources

St Luke’s Innovative Resources is the very best place we know to go for a fantastic range of strength-based resources, books and tools.

School Mental Health Project

UCLA School Mental Health Project is a wonderful US-based website, providing a huge range of resources, tools and other information about mental health in schools

Speakwell – Dr Martin Collis

Dr Martin Collis is a US based speaker and presenter, who is also “an educator, a humorist, a writer, a scientist and a singer”. His website is called Speakwell. The newsletter Well – Newsletter for Wellness is worth reading! Collections of Martin’s songs, including the inspirational Just a Teacher are also available for purchase on CD.

Digital Women: Women in Business

Digital Women is a great resource for all women in business. It is an international online community with a very active mailig list. (Sue has been a member for a number of years.)